Dr. Giorgia Troiani. May 9-10 (3:00-5:00 PM), Room A-318

3 may 2024 - 11:20 CET

This workshop is a hands-on introduction to the two phases of spoken corpus compilation: recording and transcription. By the end of the workshop, attendees will have produced a plan for a recording session and the transcription of some interactional spoken data.

Day 1 – May 9, 2024

1 Deciding what goes into a corpus
1.1 Working with interactional language
1.2 Recruiting participants and choosing situations to record
1.3 Positionality of the researcher and the recording
2 Setting up a recording session
2.1 Consent and metadata
2.2 Planning a session
3 Best practices for video and audio recording
3.1 Working with technologies at hand
4 Activity: plan a recording session

Day 2 – May 10, 2024

1 What does it mean to transcribe spoken language
1.1 Fundamentals of transcription theory
1.2 Choosing the best system for your goals
1.3 Evaluating recordings for transcription
2 Transcription software
2.1 Basics of ELAN
2.2 Understanding Tiers/Types architecture
2.3 Moving data into/from ELAN
3 Activity: set up transcription template and transcribe data in ELAN